I imagine that most of us have a good collection of books, DVDs and CDs which are unlikely to get to see the light of day very much. One of the things that could be done is to swap them for something else.

There are a few sites that promote this whether they are for DVDs, CDs or paperback books. In fact, Paperback Swaps has a DVD and CD version too, and they are free-of-charge. All these sites are all based in America though.

Another way to put our books to good use is to free it for a bookcross. If you didn't already know, we have a local version here in Singapore.

Monday, 28 April 2008

Betsy had wonderful response to her second KBCC gathering held at Pauseability. Having just returned from a recent trip to Japan, it was rather appropriate that this session of the crafting club had a sort of Japanese theme.

We were introduced to some wonderful crafters, cool events and kawaii shops in Japan. Then we tried our hands folding an origami card before we had Kelvin, a young artist, who taught everyone to make an origami rose.

It was such a pleasant 26 Apr afternoon. The next KBCC will be at the Botanic Garden.

Saturday, 19 April 2008

Over at Etsy, there is a fun little event going on called an ACEO Bounty. Challenges are posted and those in on it will create ACEOs which are then either sold or will be won in an ultimate challenge.

I love the ideas that came with the challenges and created 5 to post on my etsy. The one you see here is called Paperchase, a response to 2 challenges for butterfly and also for use of a found item. I rather like how this turned out. Look carefully and you might see a word in the trail.

Friday, 18 April 2008

Something funny that stops you in your track or one that makes you do a double-take could add that spark to your day. This funny company called Despair, Inc has a range of stuff that could potentially make your bittersweet day a walking sparkler ... oops, that came out so lame.via alfred.

Wednesday, 16 April 2008

Over at etsy, members can put in their selections of favourites into what is called Treasury. The is a limited number of treasuries that goes online and so there is quite a queue. Recently, Timeless put in her treasury of books and one of my journals was picked. How happy!

Thursday, 10 April 2008

Talking about birds, how does chicken poop soup sound to you? Looks like poop, but really, it is just a plant. It's a dish from Hainan Island in China which a Singaporean blogged about. It's also interesting how coconut is featured in so many of the dishes there. Go check it out.